A frenched (leg on), boneless chicken breast ($19) in a mellow, herb-flecked brown gravy was fine, but it was not "overflowing with roasted shallots, Fontina cheese and garlic" as listed.
Chartreuse and medium-bodied, it is on the mellow side, hinting of herbs, and in the back of the palate, pepper.
Even an entry-level green salad is made up of deliciously biting herbs and microgreens, mellowed by a honey-lemon citronade.
It is infused with herbs and spices and mellowed with cucumber.
To adherents of absinthe's lurid, mythic glamour, the distillery's Absinthe Superieure must seem disappointingly pure in its mellow complexity and lingering, subtle evocation of herbs and botanicals.
A flask of "pigdincello" arrives at the end of the meal, a mellow liqueur they make from vodka, lemon and herbs, and a delicious piece of real hospitality.
Appetizers may be as unexpected as tongue marinated in white wine and herbs, boiled, thinly sliced and sautéed until mellow and nutty and served with a parsley sauce ($7).
It's warm, red-gold in color, marinated in yogurt, spices and herbs, tender, slightly smoky and exudes a mellow fragrance from the tandoor, or clay oven, that permeates the morsels of meat.
Also noteworthy are two versions of thin, tender veal scaloppini, (both $13.95): the Iliria, with wild mushrooms, cognac and herbs, and the asti, blanketed with porcini mushroom slivers and mellow sauteed chestnuts in a Champagne-touched mascarpone sauce.
The smooth, tangy interior acquires a mellow, satiny rim, which is flattered by the edible, fragrantly piney herb-dusted rind.
